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Advanced Diploma
University of Greater Manchester Main Site, Bolton
Part Time
SEP-26
14 Weeks
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Advanced Diploma
University of Greater Manchester Main Site, Bolton
Part Time
SEP-26
14 Weeks
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If you’re a practitioner who can take a history and use clinical examination skills, this course offers you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of how to select the appropriate care for each patient. After successful completion of this course, you‘ll be able to take an undifferentiated patient and form at least a differential diagnosis for common complaints, as well as be aware of some of the rarer conditions that may need to remain in a differential diagnosis. Our dedicated experts will cover all body systems, enabling generalists to perform their roles, and specialists to recognise common presentations outside their usual scope of practice, improving patient safety. We’ll guide you as you explore commonly used investigations along with their normal and abnormal findings. Supporting you to develop the ability to interpret abnormal findings during the formation of a diagnosis is a key element of this course. These investigations may include a range of diagnostic tests, such as the interpretation of common blood analyses, electrocardiograms, commonly used plain X-Rays and other tests in common usage. In addition, you’ll spend time developing an awareness of other forms of investigations and imaging, and how to interpret the resulting reports. Once the diagnosis has been achieved, you’ll explore how to select the correct care plan. We’ll focus on medications, but we’ll also help you develop an understanding of when to refer patients to surgical or other services. Throughout the course, understanding and developing approaches to risk, bias and sound clinical decision making will be covered.
Youre normally expected to have successfully completed an honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject and have appropriate work experience. In most cases, youll be a practicing health professional with at least a Lower Second Class Honours degree (2.2) in a subject relevant to health or social care.
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£64 week
Students from Domestic
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£64 week
Students from EU
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£64 week
Students from International
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